Wage increases for most public sector workers have been constrained for the past few years under a law known as Bill 124, which caps raises at one per cent for a three-year period. 

The project to build phase one of the facility, which includes a twin-pad arena, a public library branch, an indoor walking track and multi-purpose spaces, has been awarded to Ball Construction.

The Generations home will be licensed to Multi-Generational Housing and Community Centre Toronto, and is expected to welcome its first residents in early 2026.

Minister of Labour Monte McNaughton says the program is designed to help those who need a hand up in a market where there are 370,000 jobs available across the province.

Oliver Bruneau, 24, died in hospital in March 2016. He had been working in the bottom of a nine-storey deep excavation when a slab of ice detached from an excavation wall and crushed him.